The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-03
FLORIDA.

have bought ont the drug department of
$. A. Gray, and will consolidate the two
departments in their own commodious store.
FLORIDA
Work on the new Miller block at DeLand
has been commenced.
The sweet potato crop around Fort Myers
promises an excellent yield, of superior
quality.
T. b. Pickering, of the Western Electric
Company, was in DeL.and last week to con-
fer with Mr. Putnam about the electric
light plant.
The house on Ohio avenue at DeIIand, be
longing TO Mr.. Cobhlentz was somewhat
damaged by lightning during the storm last
Saturday evening.
Capt James Z. Ingraham, President of
the South Florida railroad, was in ST. Au-
glstine to attend the funeral of his grand
father, Rev. Z. Roote.
A check for s.. 600 was received last week
by the pastor of the st Augustine cathe-
| dral from a Northern gentleman, toward
| rebuilding the ancient structure.
During his Northern trip Hon. w. Mil
| ford lngraham, of st Augustine, will visit
two brothers at Cleveland, o., whom he has
not seen since the first year of the war.
David L. Durham, of St Augustine, is to
resign his position as County Tax Collector,
and there are already several aspirants for
the position, the most prominent of whom
is Capt Thomas I. Russell
William Genovar has lately had con-
structed on his property, about a quarter
OF a mile north of tho st. Augustine city
limits. five coy little cottages, all of which
are rented, and he will at once proceed to
| erect more.
The yellow fever bore away the editor of
the Key Of the Gulf with its early victims
| in Key West, along with some of the prin-
tiers in the city. Now ii is making sal the
home of Editor Pendleton. of the Equator.
in. the death Of one son and the sickness of
another.
BY an act of the last Legislature reward
of s. will be paid by the County Commits
sionerS for the scalp of every bear, wolf or
panther, and So for the same of wild cats.
taken within ten days after the killing to
| the County Judge of the county in which
the animal was killed. This takes effect to-
day.
At Arcadia half dozen boys, including
the Arcddidn devil invegled strange
lad into Snipe hunt Thursday night They
| furnished him with a bag and stationed him
in the middle of pond about "a mile from
town OF course, they returned to the city
the mosquitoes Friday morning the young
man was looking for the devil, but be
(the "devil'0 stuck 50 close TO his work that
he could not get time TO see him.
Trabue Beacon: The schooner Arcadia,
which came into the bay ten DAYS ago,
ladened with whisky. was placed under ar
rest by +. NJ Durrance, our inspector, for
having no port papers, which subjects her
to "a line Of $50. Again she is subject to a
so Zine for not having her name painted
On the stern OF the boat. She has been sell
ing liquor under a United States license.
but as we are informed this doeS not grant
her the right of running 10 the ends of our
wharves sell liquor. We doubt not If
she will take the trouble 70 investigate the
matter she will find out she has transgreSsed
both the State and county laws.
A few days ago when Mr. Holland. agent
of the DeBaIa- Bayu line of St Johns
steamers, arrived at Barlow from TTabue
he discovered that his sachel containing
valuable papers was missing He immedi-
ately reported TO the conductor who made
due Geographic investigation and learned
that q man got Off at WauChula with a
s;lchel answering the description given
The next day Mr.. Holland returned to
Wauchula aud there found the man
with his Satchel just preparing to take the
train for Trabue. The Satchel was easily
identified. "a it had the name of Mr.. Hoi-
land engraved on a silver plate attached 10
the side OF the satcheL Tie Satchel glubbar
was arrested by Wnuchula authorities, and
sent down 10 Trabue, where preliminary
trial was held by Esquire Thomas. and the
man found guilty, and hold in $1,000 bail,
which he was not able to give, hence was
committed 10 the Pine Level jail
Isaac IL. Trabae has filed with the Clerk
Of the County of DcSoto county his bond.
binding himself 10 deed to DoSoto county a
block of ground in the town Of Trabue sur
rOunded by streets and 10 erect thereon a
court house and Jail to cost not less than
$4,000, and TO present it 20 the county Of
DeSoto free Of cost, provided the people will
make Trabue the county site. He gives the
County Commissioners the choice of two
sites. One on Main street and Charlotte
avenue, three blocks from the bay
and four blocks north OF the railroad
depot. The other site on olympia
avenue and Bewy street two blocks
west of the milroad depot Mr.. Trahue
gives as the reason for making this offer
that the county is new and that taxes would
he buplensome to the people, and that IL
the county site is placed at Trabue the value
of the property there would be enhanced
more than the $1,000. Ogden put Up 81, 900
The Colonel saw il and went 81. 900 better
The block he gives 10 the court house he
claims is worth $4,000 before the building
can be erected, so il win take 10000 10
cali Trabue and see his hand
Arcadia drcddiun: EmmerSon, our wild
man of the woods" who was found in "A
starving condition out in the sand hills has
skipped On Monday last he started out on
his travels, but was oyertaSen by Marshal